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An Exhibition Of Chinese Stone Sculptures [and] An Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes

(C.T. Loo & Co.)

New York: C.T. Loo & Co. [and]: Detroit, MI: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1940. First Edition. These two titles are from the library of George Henry McCall, author of several works on paintings and tapestries, with his personalized bookplate and SIGNED by him on ffep, dated 1940: An Exhibition Of Chinese Stone Sculptures. 4to. [48] pp, unpaginated. 35 black & white plates illustrating 43 art works. Includes cataloge of the 43 stone sculptures with details. Preface by C. T. Loo and Introduction by Alfred Salmony. Maroon cloth spine over brown paper covered boards with gilt design and lettering on front cover; gilt lettering on spine. Slight fading to spine else a fine copy [and] An Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes. 4to. [78] pp, unpaginated, including [7] pp essay by James M. Menzies titled "The Appreciation of Chinese Bronzes". 41 plates. Introduction by James Marshall Plummer. Green paper covered boards with gilt lettering and illustration on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Slight fading to spine; corner tips barely starting to show; else a fine copy. Item #20578

Price: $850.00